Bad rear axle

[rbeyer]

Put the car up on blocks to do the suspension mods and when I took off the driver's side rear wheel I noticed a lot of grease flung around. Now have to put it back on the ground and drop it off at the dealer, hopefully a quick fix. 5500 miles on the clock, don't do burn outs or track time.

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[michael07r1]

I knew the stock axles were not that great but with stock power and no burnouts that’s pretty crappy. Wonder is just taking off hard and causing wheel hop could have caused it. If it was me I would just buy some gt350 axles and throw in there instead of them putting another stock one in. I think right now you can get them under 400 for the pair.

 

[dob]

Put the car up on blocks to do the suspension mods and when I took off the driver's side rear wheel I noticed a lot of grease flung around. Now have to put it back on the ground and drop it off at the dealer, hopefully a quick fix. 5500 miles on the clock, don't do burn outs or track time.

Mine had similar, issue was rear outer drive shaft boot was damaged.. they replaced whole driveshaft 4 week wait for part

 

[Paul's stable]

I knew the stock axles were not that great but with stock power and no burnouts that’s pretty crappy. Wonder is just taking off hard and causing wheel hop could have caused it. If it was me I would just buy some gt350 axles and throw in there instead of them putting another stock one in. I think right now you can get them under 400 for the pair.

I just finished having a set of DSS boltless 2000hp axles put in my Whippled Dark horse 6 spd so I'm not worried about breaking them anymore.

 

[RLE55]

Put the car up on blocks to do the suspension mods and when I took off the driver's side rear wheel I noticed a lot of grease flung around. Now have to put it back on the ground and drop it off at the dealer, hopefully a quick fix. 5500 miles on the clock, don't do burn outs or track time.

You appear to be a good candidate for QuickJacks. Loved using mine, makes things soooo much easier.

 

[rbeyer]

You appear to be a good candidate for QuickJacks. Loved using mine, makes things soooo much easier.

I'd love to pick up a set, $1600 on sale right now but just spent a ton of money on a new driveway so it'll have to wait, but it's on the list.

 

[rbeyer]

I knew the stock axles were not that great but with stock power and no burnouts that’s pretty crappy. Wonder is just taking off hard and causing wheel hop could have caused it. If it was me I would just buy some gt350 axles and throw in there instead of them putting another stock one in. I think right now you can get them under 400 for the pair.

The dealer will fix it for free, but certainly will start looking into something better. DSS are a little overkill for what I need at the moment, but the 350 axles are an option if this happens again, or isn't covered under warranty.

 

[CGNpony86]

Literally same thing here. Mustve been a blind kid doing the assembly process at the plant. I found doing the stop the hop kit and already did the passenger side before I found out about the grease so I just finished the install. Praying the dealer is cool

 

[gbadger]

About to replace my half shafts as well. They are popping and pinging all day and slipping bad. I have no power mods.
I want to go with GForce outlaw and currently looking for some good hubs but there just aren’t any I can find that aren’t just ford stock.

would really love MMR Timken ones but they don’t make them for the s650.

 

[So0_NaSTy]

Happend to me too. Grease on the control arm and flung everywhere. Drift brake harness was chaffed bad too. So dealer thinks it was from something rocking them both and getting stuck. Not sure. But they warrantied the axle and harness.

 

[Juan Loboe]

In a potentially similar situation. No burn-outs, some aggressive acceleration here and there (on relatively empty patches) and nothing like I might have have done as mere youth back in my -not the - early sixties).

Dealer would not acknowlege as a warranty issue with 8,300 on the clock and 24 months into the 36 month warranty. Wants to charge me for further diagnosis. Huh-uh. Next stop, management. Then we shall see.

 

[LouG]

Probably a CV boot leaking. A simple repair. I've never had to replace axles when doing it.

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